KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Montana Tech's football team continued to climb the NAIA Football Go Rout Top 25 rankings this week, checking in at No. 8 in the national poll, the national office announced Monday afternoon.

It's the highest spot the Orediggers have occupied in the rankings since October 2, 2017, when Montana Tech checked in at No. 5. The Diggers have appeared in 22 straight top 25 polls.

Tech won its fourth-consecutive game Saturday, a 54-14 drubbing of Montana State University-Northern. The Orediggers improved to 8-2 on the season and 5-2 in Frontier Conference play with the victory.

Four Frontier teams, including Montana Tech, remained in the poll. No. 4 Montana Western, No. 14 Southern Oregon, and No. 23 Carroll all received rankings as well. Tech will play host to 23rd-ranked Carroll Saturday for a 1 p.m. kickoff on Bob Green Field.

Rating Methodology:

• The rating is rated by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences. Each conference is given one rater for every four schools in the league or division.
• The Top 25 is determined by a points system based on how each rater rates the best teams. A team receives 25 points for each first-place vote, 24 for second-place, 23 for third-place and so on through the list.
• The highest and lowest ratings for each team (a non-rating is considered a low rating) are removed. The team's rating will be recalculated with an additional point added to each team for every ballot (including discounted ballots) that the team appears on.
• Teams that receive only one point in the ballot are not considered "receiving votes."

RANK	INSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES]	RECORD	FINAL POINTS
1	Keiser (Fla.) [16]	8-0	424
2	Grand View (Iowa) [1]	9-0	405
3	Indiana Wesleyan	9-1	395
4	Montana Western	8-1	368
5	St. Thomas (Fla.)	8-1	352
6	Morningside (Iowa)	9-1	351
7	Texas Wesleyan	9-0	304
8	Montana Tech	8-2	299
9	Benedictine (Kan.)	8-2	289
10	Northwestern (Iowa)	7-2	272
11	Georgetown (Ky.)	7-2	255
12	Baker (Kan.)	8-1	249
13	MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)	8-1	215
14	Southern Oregon	8-2	192
15	Dickinson State (N.D.)	8-1	156
16	Dordt (Iowa)	7-2	139
17	OUAZ (Ariz.)	7-1	137
18	Saint Francis (Ind.)	8-2	132
19	Southeastern (Fla.)	6-2	118
20	Concordia (Neb.)	7-2	114
21	Southwestern (Kan.)	9-1	86
22	Friends (Kan.)	9-1	85
23	Carroll (Mont.)	7-2	82
24	St. Francis (Ill.)	7-2	43
25	Campbellsville (Ky.)	8-2	33

Dropped From Top 25: Evangel (Mo.)

Receiving Votes: Marian (Ind.) 25, McPherson (Kan.) 2, Evangel (Mo.) 2

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